Jarvis, Feist Sail to Arctic to Investigate Global Warming

Feist, Jarvis Cocker, and a bunch of other artists board a ship to the Arctic to investigate climate change. It sounds like a strange reality show, but it's actually straight-up reality.

Yesterday (September 25), a crew of scientists, artists, engineers, and journalists boarded a science research vessel in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland bound for Disko Bay. Soon, they'll travel across the front of the Jakobshavn Glacier, "one of Greenland's largest glaciers moving at a faster rate than ever before, losing 20 million tons of ice every day," according to the description from expedition organizers Cape Farewell .

The point of the trip, in addition to scientific research, is "to inspire the creative team to respond to climate change both in the Arctic and on their return." Apparently , at the airport, "Feist checked her guitar (Robyn Hitchcock requested that everybody who has one bring it for a little Arctic jam)."